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Lidl Belgian Beer 6x Bottles - €15

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  • 22-06-2016 10:55pm
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    AaronEnnis
    Registered Users Posts: 151 ✭✭


    Pretty good value here, and bound to tempt a few curious heads into trying some Belgian goodness. 6x 330ml bottles, with the following:

    Gulden Draak
    Gulden Draak 9000
    Bornem Double
    Bornem Triple
    Piraat
    Piraat Triple Hop

    All fantastic beers.


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    beardybrewer
    Registered Users Posts: 2,917 ✭✭✭beardybrewer


    I'd be interested in this. Do you have a link? Are they available already?


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    mikeecho
    Registered Users Posts: 5,040 ✭✭✭mikeecho


    Picked up a pack last week.

    All good beers, and good value.

    Might pick up some more, if my local lidl still has them in stock.


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    AaronEnnis
    Registered Users Posts: 151 ✭✭AaronEnnis


    No link mate, sorry - picked them up in Lidl Athlone earlier, but I reckon they have only been in stock since the weekend or late last week. There was quite a lot of boxes though, so hopefully its a permanent fixture.


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    ben.schlomo
    Registered Users Posts: 11,978 ✭✭✭✭ben.schlomo


    Yep this has already been mentioned in the 'what are we drinking this week' thread. Great value and some cracking beers in it.


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    Geuze
    Registered Users Posts: 13,066 ✭✭✭✭Geuze


    8.00 sterling in the UK, about 10 euro.

    Yet again, we are being robbed in Irl.



    And don't blame excise:

    RoI excise = 22.55 per hectolitre per %, or 22.55 cent per litre per %.

    UK duty = 18.37 GBP, or about 22.96 cent per litre per %

    plus UK extra duty on high strength beer, 5.48 GBP per hectolire per % for any beer over 7.5%

    https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/rates-and-allowance-excise-duty-alcohol-duty/alcohol-duty-rates-from-24-march-2014

    So higher excise in the UK, yet a 40% higher price in RoI.


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    BeerNut
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 11,778 Mod ✭✭✭✭BeerNut


    Geuze wrote: »
    Yet again, we are being robbed in Irl.
    If they're bad value don't buy them. You are not being "robbed", the purchase is discretionary.

    My beer blog | The Twitter | My other beer blog



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    beardybrewer
    Registered Users Posts: 2,917 ✭✭✭beardybrewer


    Ah, it's our right to moan about paying more than other countries. That said, that's nothing new.

    I'm just happy to have the variety we do now. I might not have taken up homebrewing if the off-licenses were stocked with the selection we have now. €2.50 is still a good price for a Belgian beer. You might not think it's a deal, but I bought 5 packs.


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    the explorer
    Registered Users Posts: 153 ✭✭the explorer


    Does anyone know if this is still available?


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    Lovely Bloke
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,748 ✭✭✭✭Lovely Bloke


    the explorer wrote: »
    Does anyone know if this is still available?

    was in the Lidl on the North Rd in Finaglas about a half hour ago and there were at least a hundred boxes there.


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    the explorer
    Registered Users Posts: 153 ✭✭the explorer


    Baldy Conscience wrote: »
    was in the Lidl on the North Rd in Finaglas about a half hour ago and there were at least a hundred boxes there.

    I Got some today in stillorgan, about 20 boxes left


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    nastyboy03
    Registered Users Posts: 2 ✭nastyboy03


    Alright lads did this turn out to be a temporary offer or do Lidl still stock any decent Belgian beer?


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    nastyboy03
    Registered Users Posts: 2 ✭nastyboy03


    Alright lads did this turn out to be a temporary offer or do Lidl still stock any decent Belgian beer?


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    beardybrewer
    Registered Users Posts: 2,917 ✭✭✭beardybrewer


    The ones we were talking about are gone. They have a new range on offer available everyday which includes a few belgians. I tried a few but they were just so-so. There was a link to reviews of most of the new stuff somewhere if you search this forum.


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    poitinstill
    Registered Users Posts: 732 ✭✭✭poitinstill


    the beernut reviews tehm on his blog i think .. thebeernut.blogspot.com always worth a read


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    shedweller
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,029 ✭✭✭shedweller


    beardybrewer wrote: »
    The ones we were talking about are gone. They have a new range on offer available everyday which includes a few belgians. I tried a few but they were just so-so. There was a link to reviews of most of the new stuff somewhere if you search this forum.
    Permanently gone??? NOOOOOOO!!!!!!


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    Quackster
    Moderators, Regional South Moderators Posts: 5,735 Mod ✭✭✭✭Quackster


    shedweller wrote: »
    Permanently gone??? NOOOOOOO!!!!!!

    Today there was a good stock of these boxes in Lidl Tralee, which is a busy store, so I imagine they still must be in other stores.

    Also, most of the Belgian 4-packs are reduced from €7.99 to €6.49 until the 31st.


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    ClashCityRocker
    Registered Users Posts: 488 ✭✭ClashCityRocker


    Geuze wrote: »
    8.00 sterling in the UK, about 10 euro.

    Yet again, we are being robbed in Irl.



    And don't blame excise:

    RoI excise = 22.55 per hectolitre per %, or 22.55 cent per litre per %.

    UK duty = 18.37 GBP, or about 22.96 cent per litre per %

    plus UK extra duty on high strength beer, 5.48 GBP per hectolire per % for any beer over 7.5%

    https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/rates-and-allowance-excise-duty-alcohol-duty/alcohol-duty-rates-from-24-march-2014

    So higher excise in the UK, yet a 40% higher price in RoI.

    I bought a box of these in a LIDL in London last week (the 6 bottles offer referred to initially in this thread i mean), cant exactly recall the price but im sure it was more than £8 - think it may have been £10 or £11.


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    Neon_Lights
    Registered Users Posts: 1,426 ✭✭✭Neon_Lights


    The ones they currently have in stock are dubbels AFAIK, less potent and flavourful imho, if its not a tripel at min 8% its not worth a ****e. There was good value in that beer box when it was out though.


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    Quackster
    Moderators, Regional South Moderators Posts: 5,735 Mod ✭✭✭✭Quackster


    Neon_Lights wrote: »
    The ones they currently have in stock are dubbels AFAIK, less potent and flavourful imho, if its not a tripel at min 8% its not worth a ****e. There was good value in that beer box when it was out though.

    The beer boxes are still in stock, at least in some stores.


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